| Show vers Arrested Bank Bank Band it P 6 as i. i 6 G GIRL I R t ATTEMPTS TO 10 CRACK V VAULT AUt t CLAIMS Student Flees Bank Wh When Watchman Arrives to Start Fire HAD ELECTRIC DRILL Hat With Name in It li Is f Found o nd on Flo Floor r I VERMILION S D. D Feb 6 5 AP Need of 24 to pay her t n for the second semester at the ot of South a a. year old coed coed to to turn burglar Pearly ry today Her venture terminated in arrest arrest Equit ed with the pa li ha of the craft ot of the bank rob rob- bet bel Miss Marion Marlon Meyers a freshman freshman fresh fresh- man forced entry to the FIrst National Na- Na bank her but she was interrupted In before she could attack the vaUlt wIth an electric drill Approach of a sent her scamperIng away just as ae she pr prepared pared to use use the drill and In he her flight she left a hat bearing hel he name Her Her- arrest resulted however when she she- returned d a afew few minutes s slat lat later r apparently for her tools vas was found by officers ers ers' s seated on stairway i It the rear of the lg Ip c ying bitterly Tak Taken n to the you v g ml m l d dw w tt q Per Pei kins that she nee need led d tion and other Way to get it Her m ther lives ll at Woonsocket ket S. S.- S.D. D. D she she said but her fath father r Is dead Here she ltv lived d at the home of Professor C. C C. C Josey teach J. J ot of philosophy where she sho worked for her ber board Recently an ele electric drill and som some other tools were stolen from a metal conc concern rn and these were were used by Miss Myers in n forcing entry to the tho bank It wal before 6 5 it a. m. m that she catered the building by smashing smashing smash smash- ing a r rear r window and then broke through a heavy cage door leading t to the AttachIng her electrIc drill to a alight light socket et she found the wire was not long enough and she disconnected disconnected discon- discon it for tor a nearer socket It was then that Denny sum sum- van van entered the building on his regular round and the girl fled leavIng the suitcase with her tools and her h hat t. t Regaining her courage alter after a few mInutes she returned that her adventure had been boen discovered Disappointed she dropped down on the he stairwayS stairway and there the officers of- of found her in a huddled heap shaking With Ith sobs Tele Telegraph raph wIres had been cut In Inthe inthe the nIl lilley y back of t the bank and the young oung woman also clipped the tet phone wires after she entered entered- the bun FrIends of the girl who declared she was earnestly desirous of an Continued on n page se 5 I G I R l ATTEMPTS TO CRACK K v VAULT AUl t ClAIM Continued from page 1 education could offer no tion of oC her deed beyond the motive she herself ascribed MIss Myers 1 Is In jail pendIng pend- pend ling Ing an Inv Investigation and filing of formal charges Police PoUce have found nothing to substantiate their first surmise that the gIrl iad m male le ac ac- I f 7 SIOUX CITY Iowa I Feb eb I 5 AP APA A dispatch to the Journal Vermilion 5 S. S D. D said Marion Marlon Meyers a University of South Dakota Dakota Da- Da kota ed co-ed was vas arrested tOday for foran foran an alleged attempt to rob the First National bank of Vermilion P. P M. M Hayter a cashier said the girl hadan hat had an electric drill set up and ready to begin operations when she was frightened awa away The Vermilion night watchman entered the early this morning morning morn morn- ing to start the furnace fire and I It is believed his entrance frightened fright fright- I ened the pretty burglar before shE could drill into the vault She gained entrance to the bank through a rear window Several days ago an electric drill outfit with a number of bits were stolen from a garage here and thEY constituted the outfit used in bank burglary attempt In making her escape the girl left a mans man's hat with her name In It Miss 1 Meyers who is about 19 r 20 years ears old is from Valley City N. N D. D according to the university's s student directory and Is a ot of the class that will be graduated in 1930 |
